The new “Comprehensive Tribal Natural Resources Management” report is now available for download. This report covers tribal natural resources activities during the last year.

Here is a selection from the introduction by chairman Billy Frank, Jr.:

We are the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington. We are salmon people. We have lived here for thousands of years. We depend on the natural resources of the Pacific

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IPC Annual Report

“The coastal treaty Indian tribes and the state of Washington as co-managers continue to work with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) to achieve a shared vision of priorities for understanding and protecting the marine environment and improving the lives of all who depend on the sea.”

Recommendations from the 24 treaty tribes represented by the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission regarding treaty tribal natural resources management in the Pacific Northwest.

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“Among the many responsibilities Ken will bear as our next Secretary of the Interior is helping ensure that we finally live up to the treaty obligations that are owed to the first

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